Syllabus

A partial and ongoing list of topics I might want to explore in more detail.

History

• World War II
• the Civil Rights Movement
• U.S. involvement in Latin America
• Indian independence/partition of Pakistan
• Chinese history
• Israel/Palestine conflict
• the Great Depression
• the AIDS epidemic
• Caribbean history

Literature

• Russian literature
• American poetry
• Literary essays
• Comic books
• the American Renaissance
• the Classics (Iliad, Odyssey, Aeneid)
• Fairy tales
• Greek mythology
• Zombies
• Steampunk

Science

• Cognitive science

Social Sciences

• Behavioral economics

Culture

• Dance history
• Baseball history
• Travel writing
• Food writing

Philosophy and Religion

• Medieval Islam
• Moral philosophy